NYAPRS Note: Interested in learning more about how the Home and Community Based Service rule impacts housing, waivers for persons with disabilities and other specialty services, and state policy transitions? Join the NYS Division of Long Term Care for a special webinar about this rule. The materials will not be specific to NYS, so participants from any place can benefit from the meeting. Register for the meeting below for Thursday, 1/22.
Home & Community Based Services (HCBS) Settings Rule
Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the final rule related to Home and Community Based Services Settings (HBCS) for Medicaid-funded long term services and supports provided in non-institutional residential settings. This rule implements a number of changes to home and community based waivers, finalizes regulatory changes to the 1915(i) state plan home and community based services and imposes new requirements on what is considered an appropriate home/community based residential setting for all the authorities in its scope.
- HCBS Federal Rule (PDF, 722KB)
- HCBS Proposed State Transition Plan (PDF, 157KB)
Home & Community Based Services (HCBS) Settings Rule webinar
The Division of Long Term Care has scheduled an informational webinar on the on the State’s revised HCBS Transition Plan for Thursday, January 22, 2015. The ninety minute webinar will begin at 1:00 PM.
To register for the event please go to:
https://meetny.webex.com/meetny/onstage/g.php?MTID=e4517c953b629a59913f796e30bc70eb9
After you register, you will receive a confirmation email from “messenger@webex.com”. This email will include instructions for joining the event. If you do not receive a confirmation email within one hour, please check your spam or junk mail folder. In some cases, the email may be blocked by your organization’s firewall. In this case, please contact your organization’s IT unit.
Prior to the event, please test your browser to confirm that you are able to successfully join a meeting. Use the following link to perform this test:
https://meetny.webex.com/meetny/onstage/g.php?MTID=e4517c953b629a59913f796e30bc70eb9
If you have any immediate questions, please contact us at OLTCDHCBS@health.ny.gov
- HCBS Setting Rule presentation 7.28.14 (PDF, 442KB)
- HCBS Setting Rule presentation 7.7.14 (PDF, 443KB)
- 7.7.14 recorded session (WMV)
If you have any immediate questions, please contact us at OLTCDHCBS@health.state.ny.us